#9911: doc copyedits.
diff --git a/Doc/library/_thread.rst b/Doc/library/_thread.rst
index 7f25dd6..c087c75 100644
--- a/Doc/library/_thread.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/_thread.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 .. data:: TIMEOUT_MAX
 
    The maximum value allowed for the *timeout* parameter of
-   :meth:`Lock.acquire`. Specifiying a timeout greater than this value will
+   :meth:`Lock.acquire`. Specifying a timeout greater than this value will
    raise an :exc:`OverflowError`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2